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[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that was a post-Rome change that later got changed back again.

Before the 5th century/fall of Rome it was January, and we had a 1200 year long flight of fancy with March new years before finally returning to the January start the Romans picked for us.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Generally yes, but even during the empire some religious new year celebrations still happened during the middle of March